(a) The court of appeals determines that the intermediate appellate
court's determination of reversal or modification was on the law alone
or upon the law and such facts which, but for the determination of law,
would not have led to reversal or modification; or
(b) The appeal is based upon a contention that corrective action, as
that term is defined in section 470.10, taken or directed by the
intermediate appellate court was illegal.
Structure New York Laws
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title M - Proceedings After Judgment
Article 450 - Appeals--in What Cases Authorized and to What Courts Taken
450.10 - Appeal by Defendant to Intermediate Appellate Court; in What Cases Authorized as of Right.
450.20 - Appeal by People to Intermediate Appellate Court; in What Cases Authorized.
450.30 - Appeal From Sentence.
450.40 - Appeal by People From Trial Order of Dismissal.
450.50 - Appeal by People From Order Suppressing Evidence; Filing of Statement in Appellate Court.
450.60 - Appeal to Intermediate Appellate Court; to What Court Taken.
450.70 - Appeal by Defendant Directly to Court of Appeals; in What Cases Authorized.
450.80 - Appeal by People Directly to Court of Appeals; in What Cases Authorized.